Announcements – Page 2 – Multiscale Mechanics & Materials Laboratory

Spear and Four Other COE Professors Receive NSF CAREER Awards

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018

Click here to read about the 2018 recipients of the NSF CAREER Award from the University of Utah College of Engineering....

US-COMP Website Now Live

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017

The official website for US-COMP — one of two NASA Space Technology Research Institutes — is now live. US-COMP will focus on a Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) approach to accelerate design and deployment of carbon nanotube composites to enable human space missions to Mars. The US-COMP team is led by Prof. Greg Odegard of Michigan Tech and consists of 22 faculty members from 10 different universities, along with partners from AFRL and industry. The team recently met at the University of Utah to hold a kick-off meeting for the 5-year, $15M institute. For more information about the institute and...

Welcome, Prof. Gary Harlow!

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is pleased to announce Distinguished Seminar speaker, Dr. Gary Harlow, Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University. Dr. Harlow’s talk is entitled Probability and Statistics Issues in Wire Fed Additive Manufacturing of Metals, and will be held on Friday, October 20, at 3:15 PM in 3550 MEK. The seminar will be followed by a reception with light refreshments....

Undergraduate Researcher, Jayden Plumb, Accepts Internship at LLNL

January 19, 2017October 4, 2023

Undergraduate Researcher, Jayden Plumb, has been appointed as a Student Intern to the Engineering Directorate/Computational Engineering Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Jayden will spend three months this summer at LLNL in California conducting research related to high-energy X-ray diffraction microscopy (HEDM). He will be advised by Drs. Nathan Barton and Jon Lind. Congratulations, Jayden!...

Nate Wilkinson Selected for UROP

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016

MMM Lab member, Nate Wilkinson, has been selected to participate in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Nate is an undergraduate student in Computer Science and joined the MMM Lab in the spring of 2016. Along with Ph.D. student, Brian Phung, Nate is developing tools to improve predictability of fatigue life for aerospace components. Congratulations, Nate!...

Exciting Student News in the MMM Lab!

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016

Congratulations to Wes Tayon for passing the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam! New M.S. student, Karen DeMille, joins the MMM Lab after completing her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University. Karen will join Prof. Spear and Brian Phung at the Air Force Research Laboratory this summer. Welcome, Karen! Jayden Plumb has been selected for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Congratulations, Jayden! Kory Cross has been selected for a renewal of his UROP award. Congratulations, Kory! ...

Invited Seminar at Duke

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016

Prof. Spear recently traveled to Duke University to give a seminar on the topic of combining experimental observations with numerical simulation and machine learning to improve understanding of 3D crack growth at the grain scale. Thanks to the faculty and students in various departments within the School of Engineering for their kind hospitality and fruitful discussions. Special thanks to Professor Wilkins Aquino for the generous invitation and for hosting Spear’s visit....

Invited Seminar at University of Michigan

January 16, 2016January 16, 2016

Prof. Spear recently traveled to the University of Michigan to give a seminar on the topic of combining experimental observations with numerical simulation and machine learning to improve understanding of 3D crack growth at the grain scale. Thanks to the faculty and students in various departments within the College of Engineering for their kind hospitality and fruitful discussions. Special thanks to Professors Sam Daly and John Allison for the generous invitation and for hosting Spear’s visit....

Kory Cross selected for UROP

December 18, 2015December 18, 2015

MMM Lab member, Kory Cross, has been selected to participate in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Kory is an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering and joined the MMM Lab in the fall of 2015. Along with Ph.D. student, Daniel Schaeffer, Kory will be investigating the relationship between 3D microstructure and performance of multi-functional materials. Congratulations, Kory!...

Welcome, Prof. Tony Rollett!

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is pleased to announce Distinguished Seminar speaker, Dr. Anthony (Tony) Rollett, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Rollett’s talk is entitled Advances in Modeling and Simulation of Micromechanical Response of Materials, with an Emphasis on 3D Microstructure and will be held on Friday, November 20, at 3PM in 3550 MEK. The seminar will be followed by a reception with light refreshments....